Andre Thornton

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: August 13, 1949 in Tuskegee, AL us

High School: Phoenixville HS (Phoenixville, PA)

Schools: Capital University (Bexley, OH), Cheyney University (Cheyney, PA)

Debut: July 28, 1973 (Age 23-349d, 13,393rd in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 31, 1987 (Age 38-018d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Andre Thornton

Nicknames: Thunder

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Pat Kelly

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.2

5291

1342

253

.254

792

RBI

895

OBP

.360

SLG

.452

OPS

.811

OPS+

123

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
2	2	Apr 7	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
3	3	Apr 8	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	CG	53	12.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
4	4	Apr 10	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
5	5	Apr 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
6	6	Apr 12	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
7	7	Apr 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
8	8	Apr 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
9	9	Apr 17	CLE		TEX	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
10	10	Apr 18	CLE		TEX	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
11	11	Apr 20	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
12	12	Apr 21	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
13	13	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
14	14	Apr 24	CLE		MIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
15	15	Apr 25	CLE		MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
16	16	Apr 26	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	8	1	0	9	2	1B
17	17	Apr 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,7-15	CG	51	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
18	18	Apr 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
19	19	Apr 29	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
20	20	Apr 30	CLE		MIL	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	CLE		MIL	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
22	22	May 2	CLE		MIL	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
23	23	May 4	CLE		KCR	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
24	24	May 5	CLE		KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
25	25	May 6	CLE		KCR	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
26	26	May 8	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
27	27	May 9	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
28	30 (2)	May 12	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
29	31	May 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
30	32	May 14	CLE		TOR	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
31	33	May 15	CLE		TOR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
32	34	May 16	CLE		TOR	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
33	35	May 17	CLE		TOR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
34	36	May 18	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
35	37	May 19	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	11	2	1	14	4	1B
36	38	May 20	CLE		DET	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
37	39	May 21	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
38	40	May 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
39	41	May 23	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
40	42	May 26	CLE		NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
41	43	May 27 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
42	44	May 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
43	45	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
44	46	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
45	47	May 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	48	Jun 1	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
47	49	Jun 2	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
48	50	Jun 3	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
49	51	Jun 4	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	59	14.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
50	52	Jun 5	CLE	@	OAK	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
51	53	Jun 6	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
52	54	Jun 8	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
53	55	Jun 9	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
54	56	Jun 10	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
55	57	Jun 11	CLE		CAL	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
56	58	Jun 12	CLE		CAL	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
57	59	Jun 13	CLE		OAK	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
58	68 (8)	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	45	9.1	3	1	0	4	0	1B
59	69	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
60	70	Jun 25	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
61	71	Jun 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
62	72	Jun 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
63	73	Jun 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
64	74	Jun 29	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
65	75	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	76	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
67	77	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	50	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
68	78	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
69	79	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	L,4-16	CG	50	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
70	80	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
71	81	Jul 6	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
72	82	Jul 7	CLE		MIN	W,9-3	GS	28	7.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
73	87 (4)	Jul 11	CLE		KCR	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
74	88	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	67	16.2	14	2	0	16	0	1B
75	89	Jul 14	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
76	90	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
77	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
78	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
79	94 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		MIL	L,5-14	CG	44	9.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
80	96 (1)	Jul 23	CLE		MIL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
81	97	Jul 24	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS	24	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
82	100 (2)	Jul 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
83	101	Jul 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
84	102	Jul 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
85	103	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
86	104	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,11-10	CG	52	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
87	105	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	106	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
89	107	Aug 3	CLE		TEX	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
90	108	Aug 4	CLE		TEX	W,12-8	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
91	109	Aug 5 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
92	110	Aug 5 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,3-14	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
93	111	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-12	CG	43	8.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
94	113 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
95	114	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
96	115	Aug 10	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
97	116	Aug 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
98	117	Aug 12	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
99	118	Aug 13	CLE	@	SEA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
100	119	Aug 14	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
101	120	Aug 15	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
102	121	Aug 17	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
103	123 (1)	Aug 19	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
104	124	Aug 20	CLE	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
105	125	Aug 21	CLE	@	CAL	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
106	126	Aug 22	CLE	@	CAL	W,13-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
107	127	Aug 23	CLE		OAK	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
108	128	Aug 24	CLE		OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
109	129	Aug 25	CLE		OAK	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
110	130	Aug 26	CLE		OAK	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
111	131	Aug 27	CLE		SEA	L,5-6	CG	55	12.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
112	132	Aug 29 (1)	CLE		SEA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	136 (3)	Sep 1	CLE		CAL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
114	137	Sep 2	CLE		CAL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
115	138	Sep 3	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
116	139	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
117	140	Sep 5	CLE		DET	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
118	141	Sep 7	CLE		TOR	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
119	142	Sep 8	CLE		TOR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
120	143	Sep 9	CLE		TOR	W,14-10	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
121	144	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	L,1-14	GS	25	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
122	145	Sep 12	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
123	146	Sep 14	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
124	147	Sep 15	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
125	148	Sep 16	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
126	149	Sep 17 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
127	150	Sep 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
128	151	Sep 18	CLE		NYY	W,16-3	GS	27	7.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
129	152	Sep 19	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
130	153	Sep 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-3	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
							130gm		1147.1	1089	82	7	1178	100